1 Saints will have to defend a lot better than they did for Yohan Cabaye’s opener.

He was all alone when he tapped in Yannick Bolasie’s low cross from the edge of the six-yard box in the first half.

The visitors went with three at the back but they rarely looked comfortable.

2 Palace had not beaten Southampton in 12 previous Premier League meetings (D4 L8) so this one certainly ended a hoodoo.

It could have been more comfortable but for a bad miss by Wilfried Zaha and some top goalkeeping from Paulo Gazzaniga.

3 Alan Pardew may be getting all the plaudits lately, and his side may be a force to be reckoned with on their travels, but only Aston Villa have lost more home games than they have this season so this victory was warmly welcomed at a noisy Selhurst Park.

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4 Ronald Koeman should be worried.

Saints haven’t won in four Premier League games now and his side are looking over their shoulders anxiously at the relegation zone right now.

They look a side low on confidence and their form is a real worry.

5 Graziano Pelle needs a wake-up call.

He scored five goals in his first eight league games but has only scored once since then.

He started this one on the bench and did not look terribly threatening when he came on.

But Shane Long's miss in stoppage time when clean through on goal will haunt him tonight.